Needle threader



NQV- 24, A W. PARSONS NEEDLE THREADER Filed Jan. 8, 1925 WITNESSES? W 7.

5 w. WM)? BY ATTORNEYS Patented Nov 24, 1925.

UNITE ran NEEDLE THREADER.

Application filed January To all who m it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER Pnnsons a subject of the King of England, anda resident of the city of New York borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKin s and tit-ate of New York, have invented a new and lmproved NeedleThreader of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a needle thread ing device. The main object ofthe invention is to provide a simple and efiicient device whereby theneedle can be threaded merely by dropping it into a simple chute andthen quickly and easily manipulating the thread with respect to theneedle, through which simple manipulation the needle becomes threaded.

Another objectconcerns the provision of means whereby the needle whendropped into the chute will automatically seat itself in the properposition to receive the thread and he threaded without any necessity onthe part of the operator to hold the needle in a particular position.

A further object concerns the provision of simple and efficient meanswhereby merely placing the thread on the needle and exerting a slightpressure thereagainst will cause the threading action to take place,after which nothing remains to be done but to withdraw the needle fromthe device.

A still further object concerns the provision of a device whichcomprises a very few simple parts which can be economically manufacturedand assembled.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings of which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the device;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough showing the needle in theposition it assumes as it is dropped into the chute;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the needle about to be threaded;

Fig. 4c is a similar section showing the needle with the thread drawntherethrough;

Fig. 5 is ascction taken on the line 5-43 of Fig. 2; V

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the end of the needle showing the threaddrawn through in a loop; and

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the thread passing through the. needlein a single strand.

1925. Serial no. 1,252.

The form of the invention shown in the drawings is a pretcrred forn'nalthough it is understood that n'ioditications in the construction andarrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials user lmay he adopted without departing from the spirit ot the invention as setforth in the appended claims.

The invention as shown in the drawings comprises a metal plate or framell) from the upper portion of which a chute 11 ex tends. This chute hasa lower front wall 12 against which the eye of a needle hears. The chuteis broken away along that portion adjacent the front wall so that theneedle can be ren'ioved therefrom.

The bottom of the chute is formed of a depressible plate 14; formingpart of a spring member 15 which is attached to the frame 10. The springplate is curved at its forward end, as at 16 in Fig. 5, in the form of aloop having a tapered opening therein which increases in width towardthe front end which lies adjacent the curved wall 12. As the needle 13is dropped into the chute 11 the end containing the eye 17 will strikethis depressible plate 14 and slide forward. As it does so it rides orrests on a loop portion 16 of the plate and comes to rest against thecurved wall 12. The curvature of the wall 12 and the shape of the loopportion '16 will cause the eye of the needle to be disposed in ahorizontal plane immediately over a hook 18 fastened to the frame 10 andnormally lying within the loop 16 just below the top edge thereof. Withthe needle in the position shown in Fig. 2, the operator takes thethread in his hand and presses it down against the needle, which causesa depression of the plate 14, bringing the end of the hook 15 above thetop of the loop portion 16, whereupon the thread will slip under thehook. By releasing the pressure on the plate let this plate willimmediately spring upward carrying with it the needle, but the hookportion will hold the thread and having passed through the eye of theneedle will have drawn the thread therethrough. This position isillustrated in Fig. 4. Thereafter it is merely necessary to take theneedle out of the chute and pull the thread sidewise, whereupon it willbe withdrawn from beneath the hook. This position is shown in Fig. 6.The end of the thread can then be drawn through the eye,

whereupon it will assume the position shown in Fig. 7, ready for use.

lVhat I claim is;-

1. A needle threading device, which comprises a chute portion, adepressible plate in the bottom of the chute on which the needle isadapted to rest, and means associatet with the plate and the chute toguide the needle into a definite position.

2. A needle threader, Wl ch comprises a chute member, a depressiblebottom plate therefor hng' an aperture therein, a hook dispoe t withinsaid aperture and normally beneath the upper surface ot the plate, andmeans as J=ciated \rit n the plate and the chute to guide the needleinto a delinite position therein.

3. A. needle threader, which comprises a frame having a chute memberthereon, a depressible plate fOlDIIlDg the bottom of the chute member, afront curved Wall disposed at the forward portion of said chute, thefront of the bottom plate having a tapered aperture therein, the taperof said ai ierture and the curvature of the front Wall guiding theneedle into a definite position when dropped into the chute.

4-. A needle threader, which comprises a frame having a chute memberthereon, a depressible plate forming the bottom of the chute member, afront curved Wall disposed at the forward portion of said chute, thetrout of the bottom plate having a tapered aperture ilztl'tlll, thetaper of said aperture and the curvature ot' the front Wall guiding theneedle into a definite position when dropped into the chute, and a hoolmember connected to the frame disposed within the aperture of the bottomplate to receive a thread when the needle and the bottom plate aredepressed.

WALTER PARSONS.

